It may not seem like it, but I think the message of our secular popular culture is a message more about death than life.
After all, is it not praiseworthy in our popular culture for a woman to choose to end her baby's life?
Is it not noble to end one's life if one sees fit to do so for almost any reason whatsoever?
What does popular culture think about the elderly? Is their wisdom valued? Why are the elderly more likely to be portrayed as out of touch more if not ready to be put out to pasture than they are to be portrayed as sagacious or at least worth giving a fair hearing to? (By contrast, why does popular culture all but worship youth?)
What does popular culture say about the environment and overpopulation? Isn't the fear that climage change is going to cause coastal cities to be flooded? Isn't the fear that overpopulation will mean scarce resources will be even more scarce (e.g. food)?
What about pets? Why does popular culture seem to care more about pets than children? Why are children often portrayed to be annoying? Why are pets often portrayed as acceptable in lieu of children? Why was there so much more of an outcry for Harambe than for "the boy" whom Harambe was dragging around like a ragdoll? Do most people even know the name of the 3 year old boy without having to search for it?
I could go on. But popular culture's message seems to me to be a message more conducive to death than to life.
By contrast, Christians have a message of life. We are pro-life. We value life. We are for life in all its glorious manifestations. We possess a life-giving and life-changing message. We love life. And we can hold forth life to a dying world.
With all this in mind, see this recent post: "The Other Pandemic Sweeping Across Our Globe" (Akos Balogh).
